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Doctor A
MANUAL ADDENDUM V1.1
Congratulations and thanks for purchasing
Doctor A
This file is an addendum to the quick start manual originally shipped with your
Doctor A
It describes features added with firmware updates
Firmware update requirements
To update your
Doctor A
, you will need:
1 – The firmware file itself (a SYSEX file *.syx)
2 – A computer running a software capable of sending SYSEX files
On Windows, we recommend Bome SendSX (
https://www.bome.com/products/sendsx
) and on
Mac OS, we recommend Snoize Sysex Librarian (
https://www.snoize.com/SysExLibrarian/
3 – A USB MIDI interface and a standard MIDI cable
Updating the firmware
1 – Connect your MIDI cable from the MIDI interface’s MIDI output port to
Doctor A
’s MIDI
input port
2 – Start your computer, your SYSEX management software and load the SYSEX file
3 – Power
Doctor A
while pressing DELAY + REVERB until the 2 corresponding LEDs are
turned ON
4 – Send the SYSEX file, TAP LED should turn ON immediately and the 4 SETUP LEDs will
turn ON alternatively to show that the SYSEX file is being received and processed
5 – At the end of the transfer, all LEDs will blink and
Doctor A
will restart
NB: it may be unresponsive for a couple seconds, formating and writing factory stuff to memory
if needed
Troubleshooting
Some USB MIDI interfaces behave weirdly with long SYSEX commands such as the
Doctor A
firmware file and won’t complete the update letting Doctor A in a “dead” state. If this occurs, just
restart the whole procedure, and reduce the MIDI sending speed / buffer size in your software.
This is not a
Doctor A
or software problem, but really a USB MIDI interface issue.
